Journal of clinical pathology
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To derive reference values for red cell variables and platelet counts from a cohort of infants sampled at precise ages during the first 13 months of life. ⋯ These findings indicate the value of obtaining reference data at precise ages during infancy and confirm and extend earlier reports indicating a gender difference in laboratory measures used to assess iron status in early infancy.
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In England and Wales, doctors are charged with a responsibility either to report a death to the coroner or issue a medical certificate specifying cause of death. A lack of formal prescriptive or presumptive oversight has resulted in the promulgation by individual coroners of local reporting regimes. The study reported here identified overall and gendered variations in local reporting rates to coroners across the jurisdictions of England and Wales, consistent over time. ⋯ The decision to report a death to the coroner varies across jurisdictions. Implications for coronial investigations are discussed and the need for wider research into coroners' decision-making is proposed.